Turkey bird flu region still wary
Found on 08 Mar 2006 20:50 GMT
Villagers in the Dogubeyazit region of Turkey - the heart of January's bird flu outbreak - are taking measures to prevent its return.
Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey Update 7
Found on 30 Jan 2006 00:59 GMT
A WHO collaborating laboratory in the United Kingdom has now confirmed 12 of the 21 cases of H5N1 avian influenza previously announced by the Turkish Ministry of Health. All four fatalities are among the 12 confirmed cases.
Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey Update 6
Found on 18 Jan 2006 00:59 GMT
Laboratory tests conducted at Turkey's national influenza centre in Ankara have confirmed an additional case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case is a 4-year-old boy from the district of Dogubayazit in Agri Province in the eastern part of the country. An outbreak in poultry began in the district in December 2005. The child developed symptoms on 5 January and was hosp...
Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey Update 5
Found on 16 Jan 2006 00:59 GMT
Laboratory tests conducted at Turkey's national influenza centre in Ankara have confirmed two additional cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The first newly confirmed case is a five-year-old boy from the district of Dogubayazit in Agri Province in the eastern part of the country. He remains hospitalized in a stable condition.
Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey Update 4 Sequencing of human virus
Found on 12 Jan 2006 00:59 GMT
Laboratory tests conducted in Turkey have confirmed detection of the H5 subtype of avian influenza virus in samples from an additional two patients. The patients are residents of Sanliurfa Province, near the southern border with Syria, and Siirt Province, which is adjacent to Van in the eastern part of the country. Human cases have now been reported from nine of the country's 81 provinces.
Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey Update 3
Found on 10 Jan 2006 00:59 GMT
Tests conducted in Turkish laboratories have confirmed the country's 15th case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The patient is a 37-year-old woman with a history of exposure to diseased chickens. She resides in the central province of Sivas, the seventh province to report cases. Although no poultry outbreaks have been officially reported in this province, it is located ne...
Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey Update 2
Found on 09 Jan 2006 00:59 GMT
Laboratory tests conducted in Turkey have confirmed detection of the H5 subtype of avian influenza virus in samples from an additional 10 patients. Five of these cases were announced by the Ministry of Health yesterday and an additional five were announced today. Most patients are children and all have been hospitalized for treatment and evaluation.
Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey Update
Found on 07 Jan 2006 00:59 GMT
The Ministry of Health in Turkey has confirmed an additional two cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Both cases are children, aged five and eight years, and both are hospitalized. This brings the total number of laboratory confirmed cases in Turkey to four. Two of these cases were fatal.
Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey
Found on 05 Jan 2006 00:59 GMT
The Ministry of Health in Turkey has confirmed its first two cases of human infection with avian influenza caused by the H5 virus subtype. Both cases were fatal. The first case was a 14-year-old boy from the rural district of Dogubayazit, in the eastern province of Agri, which borders the Islamic Republic of Iran and Armenia. He was hospitalized in Van Province on 1 January and died the same da...
Turkey Scrambles to Stop Bird Flu; A Reporter Is MIA in Baghdad; When the Tal...
Turkey Scrambles to Stop Bird Flu Turkey is the traditional gateway from Asia to Europe, so the outbreak of bird flu there is drawing an extra dose of concern. Turkey reported at least 18 people infected, including three children from the same rural family who died earlier this month-the first
Publication: U.S. News & World Report
Turkey vows to solve economic problems due to bird flu
Turkey vows to solve economic problems due to bird flu ANKARA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) - Turkish State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener vowed Saturday to solve economic problems due to bird flu. Sener made the pledge to reporters ahead of an Economic Problems Assessment Board meeting,
Publication: Xinhua News Agency
Turkey says it is prepared for feared bird flu virus
SUZAN FRASER, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 10-13-2005 Dateline: ANKARA, TurkeyTurkey said Thursday it was prepared to deal with bird flu after the European Union announced that the virus found in Turkish poultry was the virulent H5N1 strain.The EU said in Brussels that it found H5N1 _
Publication: AP Worldstream
Turkey culls 932,000 fowl to stem bird flu
Turkey culls 932,000 fowl to stem bird flu ANKARA, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) - Turkey culled 932,000 fowl in fight against the spread of bird flu, Turkey's National Coordination Center for Bird Flu announced on Monday. According to the center, bird flu outbreak took place in 13 provinces and suspected
Publication: Xinhua News Agency
One more child treated for bird flu in Turkey
One more child treated for bird flu in Turkey ANKARA, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) - A five-year-old boy was hospitalized in Cankiri province in central Turkey after being diagnosed with bird flu, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Sunday. The report said that the child was rushed from Cayyaka
Publication: Xinhua News Agency
Let's Talk Turkey.(bird flu in Turkey)
The greatest worry about the latest bird flu news is not that the H5N1 virus has taken root beyond eastern Asia into multiple provinces of Turkey. No, the real issue is that the deadly H5N1 virus seems to be changing its stripes. What's evident from the Turkish outbreak is that the virus is being
Publication: U.S. News & World Report
Turkey Accuses Nations of Hiding Bird Flu
SUZAN FRASER, Associated Press Writer AP Online 01-20-2006 Dateline: ANKARA, TurkeyTurkish Agriculture Minister Mehdi Eker speaks during a meeting with governors of Turkey's 81 provinces in Ankara, Friday, Jan. 20, 2006. Eker accused several neighboring countries of concealing bird flu outbreak and
Publication: AP Online
Bootiful payout for bird flu turkeys; POLITICS.(News)
MPs reacted angrily yesterday after the Government confirmed Bernard Matthews will get pounds 600,000 compensation for birds slaughtered after the avian flu outbreak. Commons Leader Jack Straw told MPs he felt "uncomfortable" at the payout. Some 159,000 turkeys were culled at Bernard Matthews'
Publication: The Birmingham Post (England)
Bid to track down source of bird flu; Turkeys slaughtered in disease scare.(N...
Byline: By EMILY BEAMENT THE slaughter of thousands of turkeys on a farm infected with the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was being completed last night, as scientists attempt to track down the source of the virus. There were immediate concerns the outbreak may dent sales of poultry,
Publication: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
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